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Anti-hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer


Anti-hormone therapy is another for prostate cancer hormone therapy. The purpose of hormone therapy is to ablate testosterone and thereby slow the growth of prostate cancer. Anti-hormone therapy is an effective way to shrink the tumor on the prostate gland or to slow or stop the growth and spread of the disease if first line treatment fails.

 
 
 

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